It was evening time. After having dinner, everyone in the village went inside their houses to sleep. A little while ago, it had rained heavily. After managing the rainwater from flooding into the pigpen, Rwisumwi and her family also went inside the house. For a brief moment, the husband and wife conversed in bed and […]
The colorful pig, which was tied up with a rope in the betel nut garden near the house, was busy destroying a wasp’s nest this morning. Seeing that it was about to give birth, Rwisumwi had kept it tied near the house every day. Because the smell of its feces and urine would waft in
For the past few days, Alongbar has become reluctant to go to school. Whenever it is school time, he sneaks away from home and goes to the forest with the cowherds to graze cattle. Together with the cowherds, he smokes bidis, smokes ganja (marijuana), and also consumes tobacco. In the forest, they hunt rats, mongooses,
When the winter season arrives, the water in the lakes, ponds, and rivers completely dries up. During the rainy season, however, there is an opportunity to easily catch fish right in the ponds and drains near the edge of the house. Alongbar and his friends cannot comprehend why there is such a vast difference between
Roji managed to pass the class four examination this year. Rajia was very happy because she would finally get to cross the primary school and study in a middle school. In the primary school, she had grown tired of walking back and forth every single day. She thought to herself that now she would be
Roji is feeling very embarrassed to go to school. She has bandages all over her: one on her neck, two on her arms, and two on her knees. She is worrying about what she will say if her friends ask her what happened. Even the teacher will ask her. If she tells the true story,
After the school closed, Roji returned to the home. Sometimes, because she would play on the way with her friends, she couldn’t reach the home on time. For behaving this way, Roji had received a scolding from her mother just a while ago. That is why she is currently making sure to be deeply mindful
Right after waking up, one has to stay continuously engaged throughout the day for the household chores that need to be done. Every single day, in this exact manner—running around, going back and forth, sitting for a brief moment, standing up the next—one is forced to do the family’s chores all by oneself, even if